Banana Nutella Quesadilla

We had these for our FHE treat tonight and there were delicious!  Plus, the kids could help with the dessert.  I had two kids slice bananas while another spread the nutella.  To make it a little more calorie friendly I just used cooking spray instead of butter, even to put the cinnamon on it.  Yum, yum!

Banana Nutella Quesadillas

Recipe from insidebrucrewlife.com

Ingredients

4 flour tortillas

1 Tablespoon butter

2 Tablespoons cinnamon sugar

1/4 cup Nutella

2 ripe bananas

Instructions

1. Spread butter on one side of each of the tortillas and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Place the butter side down on a warm skillet and heat until golden brown.
2. Spread the non butter side with Nutella. Top with banana slices. Place another warm tortilla shell, cinnamon side up, on top. Makes 2 full quesadillas. Cut each quesadilla into 8 wedges. Serve with Cool Whip if desired. Serves 4.

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Banana Bars with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

I made this cake because I needed to use overripe bananas and this was something new to try.  It was amazing!  It makes a ton so I delivered some to neighbors and friends, and every single one of those people came to me later and demanded the recipe.  Its such a light, fluffy, delicious "cake".  It was easy to make and the flavors are perfect together.

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• Banana Bars with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
• Mel's Kitchen Cafe
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• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (I used three ripe bananas)
Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1 cup white sugar (you can use either granulated sugar or confectioners’ sugar – the confectioners’ sugar tends to dissolve better and not be as grainy but either one works fine)
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream

Directions

1. For the banana bars, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10 x 15 inch jellyroll pan or one 9X13 pan and an additional 8X8 pan. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; stir into the batter. Finally, mix in the mashed banana. Spread evenly into the prepared pan(s). Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow bars to cool completely before frosting.
2. For the frosting, in a large bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy. Set aside. In another medium bowl, beat whipped cream until stiff peaks form (it helps to use a chilled bowl and chilled beaters). Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture. Frost to your heart’s delight!

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Grandma Heninger's Banana Pie

Banana Cream Pie

Mom was here staying with us and Seth's favorite treat is PIE! I had told him my mom makes the best and he dared to say otherwise! So we put her to the test! And it was AMAZING!!! As we all know, it is the best banana pie!

3c milk (2% is best to prevent a runny pie)
2/3c sugar
1/3c corn starch
dash of salt
2 eggs
1 T butter
1 t vanilla

bananas
whipped cream

Mix dry ingredients together then slowly add milk. Mix well. Cook over medium heat to boil. Beat eggs in separate bowl. Then slowly add a small amount of the hot mixture into eggs and mix to prevent from cooking. Then return egg mixture to pan and bring to just a boil stirring always. This burns easily. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla. Cool in fridge with plastic wrap touching surface to prevent a film. Add cut bananas after cooled and pour into baked pie crust. Top with whipped cream. Enjoy!

*I felt like there was enough filling for two pies, depending on size of crust!

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Banana Pudding

This is a perfect summer dessert. Its so delicious, creamy, and fluffy. When we stayed the night in Chattanooga, TN this summer, we ate at the most delicious BBQ restaurant I've ever tried, Sugar's Ribs. They had a banana pudding that was so creamy and delicious and I've been on a quest ever since to find one that might equal it. This is as close as it gets...I will definitely be making this one again and again.

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Banana Pudding

Adapted slightly from A Cozy Kitchen

3 cups whole milk

3 egg yolks

3/4 cup-1 cup sugar (depending on how sweet you want it)

1/4 cup + 1 tsp. flour

pinch of salt

1 tsp. vanilla

Vanilla Wafers

3 bananas (or more, depending on your taste)

Fresh whipped cream

Add milk and egg yolks to a medium saucepan and whisk. Add sugar, flour and salt and whisk until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for 20 minutes, until thickened. If its not getting as thick as you'd like after 20 minutes feel free to add another teaspoon of flour (it will thicken quite a bit as it cools). Remember that it should coat the back of the spoon to be at the correct consistency. Remove from heat; stir in the vanilla. Place pudding in a glass bowl or dish, press syran wrap directly onto the surface to prevent a skin from forming and refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.

You can arrange in a large dish (I used a glass pie dish), or small jars/bowls. For either, arrange vanilla wafers in bottom of dish, slice bananas on top, pour pudding over and again slice bananas on top in even layers. Smooth fresh whipped cream over the top. Serve immediately.

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